The Big Eight showdown between Belle Vernon and Chartiers Valley will be featured on ROOT Sports’ McDonald’s High School Football show with a live broadcast at 7:30 p.m. on Fri., Sept. 30 at Chartiers Valley Stadium. The game will be re-aired at 11 p.m. that night. …

Already the top-ranked Class AAAA football team by most observers in the state, Central Catholic is starting to garner even greater national recognition. The Vikings (3-0) are ranked No. 22 in this week’s USA Today Super 25 poll. It’s the first appearance by …

Highlands senior Micah Mason, the reining WPIAL scoring champion, was told Monday by doctors that he can resume basketball activities, although long periods of running aren’t encouraged for now. Mason, a 6-foot-2 point guard who has verbally committed to Drake, …

Joe Urmann calls Mt. Lebanon boys basketball coach Joe David “one of the hardest-working, best men I’ve known.” Now, Urmann will be trying beat David twice a year. After spending the past four seasons as an assistant with Mt. Lebanon’s …

In covering high school football for the majority of my 15-year sportswriting career, I’ve often wondered how many players I cover will play college football and make it to the National Football League. By my count, 25 WPIAL alums made the cut …